User manual

Chapter 9
Bulkmarcimport.pl
Mandatory?
Explanation
Example
option
fk
n
o
commit
t
s
No
When importing records, values
- f k
for fields such as library code
(952$a) need to be present in the
Koha database.
Use this option to turn off such
checks during imports; records
will be imported even if the
corresponding data is not present
in the database.
No
The number of records to import
-n 1000
from a file, if not used all the
records are imported.
No
The number of records from
-o 1000
the start of the file that are to be
skipped.
No
The number of records that are
-commit 100
committed in a batch. 50 records
per commit is the default.
If your import is too slow, you
might consider increasing this
value; however, remember that
if the program crashes due to a
certain record, all the other records
in the batch will be lost as well.
No
It is useful to run a new import
-t
file in the test mode initially. The
program does minimal processing
and may warn you of potential
problems.
However, remember that a
successful test does not mean there
will be no problem with the actual
import.
No
Koha automatically converts any
-s
MARC -8 records to UTF -8. If you
see a problem with the format of
imported data in Koha screens,
you may want to try this option to
see if it yields better results.
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